I11 Additional ground for granting absent vote for an indefinite period.

In section 6 of the Representation of the M1People Act 1985 (absent vote for an indefinite period at parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom and local government elections in Great Britain)—

a

in subsection (2), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

aa

if he is no longer resident at his qualifying address or at any other address in the same area,

b

after that subsection there is inserted—

2A

For the purposes of subsection (2)(aa) above, two addresses are in the same area only if—

a

both addresses are in the same parliamentary constituency in Greater London or in the same parliamentary constituency in a metropolitan county in England,

b

both addresses are in the same electoral division of a non-metropolitan county in England and, if either address is in a parish, both are in the same parish,

c

both addresses are in the same electoral division of a county in Wales and in the same community,

d

both addresses are in the same electoral division in Scotland, or

e

both addresses are in the same ward in Northern Ireland.